CASE STUDY
Getaway Dominican Republic: Villa Rentals and Travel Experiences Website
Website design and development with Ruby on Rails for Getaway Dominican Republic, a travel company that plans getaways around the island: villa and apartment rentals, tours and experiences, search by location and dates, and a trip request on every listing.
- Client
- Getaway Dominican Republic
- Industry
- Travel, villa rentals and experiences
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Online
- 2022 to 2026
- Stack
- Ruby on Rails, Hotwire, PostgreSQL
- Services
- Website design and development, CMS, SEO
Getaway Dominican Republic plans trips around the island, from villas in Cap Cana and Las Terrenas to boat days in Samaná and mountain stays in Jarabacoa. DevLunch designed and built its website with Ruby on Rails and Hotwire: one bilingual catalog of rentals and experiences, search by location, dates and guests, a trip request on every listing that lands in the team's inbox, and a travel blog carried over from the old site. It ran from 2022 to 2026.
THE ESSENCE
Tell Us Your Needs, We Plan the Getaway
The site was built around one promise: express your needs and passions, and the team plans the perfect getaway. Pick a vibe, who is traveling and how many nights, and watch a stay and real experiences from the catalog come together on the island.
- 1Express your needs
- 2We pick the stay
- 3We add experiences
- 4Your getaway is planned
Pick a vibe, who is traveling and the nights. Leave it and it plays sample trips.
The website in numbers
- 70+
- Rentals and experiences
- 8
- Locations around the island
- 2
- Languages, English and Spanish
- 50+
- Travel articles
- 2
- Listing types, stays and experiences
- 4
- Years online
Rentals, Experiences and Trip Requests
Travelers browse villas and experiences by location, then ask the team to plan the trip around their dates.
- Search by location, dates and guests
- Villas and apartments with guests, rooms, beds, bathrooms and amenities
- Experiences with itinerary, price per person and what to bring
- A trip request on every listing with dates and guests
- Listings grouped by location around the island
- Search by trip type, for couples and families
- Travel blog with more than 50 articles from the old site
- Newsletter signup
What Made the Site Work
Concierge, not checkout
Every listing asks for dates, guests and contact details instead of instant booking, so the team plans each trip with the traveler.
One catalog for stays and experiences
Villas, apartments, tours and transfers share one catalog with locations, photos and SEO fields, each with the details that matter to it.
Bilingual content
Every listing and page has English and Spanish versions, with the language in the URL.
SEO that survived the move
Old blog URLs redirect to the new blog, and a sitemap keeps listings and articles indexed.
Easy for the team
A private admin to manage listings and photos, with an inbox of trip requests.
Fast photos
Listing photos are stored on Amazon S3 and served from a CDN.
Integrations
- Amazon S3
- Listing photos and galleries
- CDN
- Fast image delivery
- Mailchimp
- Newsletter signup
- Sitemap
- Listings and articles for search engines
Tech Stack
Backend
- Ruby on Rails
- PostgreSQL
- Sidekiq
- Redis
Frontend
- Hotwire (Turbo and Stimulus)
- Sass
Infrastructure
- Amazon S3
- CDN
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Getaway Dominican Republic is a travel company that plans getaways around the Dominican Republic, with villa and apartment rentals, tours and experiences in places like Cap Cana, Punta Cana, Las Terrenas, Samaná and Jarabacoa.
Ruby on Rails with Hotwire and PostgreSQL, with photos on Amazon S3 behind a CDN and background jobs on Sidekiq.
Travelers sent a trip request with dates and guests from any listing. The team then planned and confirmed the trip directly, like a concierge.
DevLunch designs and builds travel, rentals and booking websites with Ruby on Rails for companies in the Dominican Republic and the United States.
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